Sentences with phrase «called aldosterone»

This is where the adrenal gland doesn't product enough cortisol and a hormone called aldosterone (also called hypoadrenocorticism).

But whether it's stress from your lifestyle or stress from exercise, the increased cortisol production can cause what's called an aldosterone deficiency and when that happens, potassium is not excreted the way that it's supposed to be.

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Past research, Kopf said, shows the elevating circulating aldosterone levels are associated with high blood pressure, blood clot formation, thickening of the heart muscle (called cardiac hypertrophy) and congestive heart failure.

Aldosterone: This is called a «mineralocorticoid» hormone because of its production in the adrenal cortex and its role in maintaining electrolyte balance to raise blood pressure.

Bryan: Yup, and usually the pattern is that when they have low aldosterone like that, their pattern tends to be towards low blood pressure, they tend to have what's called orthostatic hypotension, which means they get dizzy if they stand up too quickly, and they urinate a lot, and their blood chemistry will typically show patterns of dehydration, but by adding sea salt, what typically happens is it's great.

When the increase of aldosterone is caused by a problem in your adrenals, the condition is called primary aldosteronism.

A genetic condition called congenital adrenal hyperplasia also causes the adrenal glands to make too little cortisol and / or aldosterone, and too much androgen.

At the same time, your kidneys pump up their production of an enzyme called «renin» and a hormone called «aldosterone», which results in formation of a substance known as vasopressin.

So it releases stuff like rennin, aldosterone, and another one called vasopressin and your body even releases extra albumin in your blood and when this happens, your plasma volume expands and even though, while your exercising short term, especially for like an aerobic session, your plasma volume decreases by 10 - 20 % by the time your body has bounced back and responded a single bout of intense exercise, especially like a long or hard session, can expand your plasma volume or your plasma fluid by 10 %.